Biological product and process of obtaining same



Patented May 2 2, 1945 ,UNITEDF TA 5 PATENT "2,316,424 FFlCE motocrcar raonuc'r AND enemies or BTAINING SAME ,7 Norbert n. Fell, Detroit, Mich, assignor to Parke,

. Davis a Company, Detroit, Mich, a corporation of Michigan No Drawing.

Original application December 23,

1940, Serial No. 371,450. Divided and this application January 26, 1942, Serial No. 428.320

5 Claims. (01. 260-141) The invention relates to the preparation of certain intermediate chemical. compounds which are capable of being converted into therapeutic products useful in preventing the allergic symptons to which many people are subject as the result of their sensitivity to specific sensitizing substances.

The intermediates of the invention are, in general, "histamine derivatives containing the histamine structure anddn which at least one of the hydrogen atoms of said derivatives is replaced by a member of the olass, radicals and chemical groups capable of coupling with protein. vThe new products are of the type, H-A, where H represents the histamine structure or radical and A represents the substituting member, such as N=C= O, -VCOCH:X, and organic radicals containing one of these or other protein coupling groups, such as COOH, COX and N=N--X1, X being a halogen and X1 being the anion of an acid.

benzamide. prepared as in Example 1, added to 50 cc. of a hot solution of 3.5 grams of ferrous sulfate (FeSOa'lHa'O). 35 cc. of a 2.5% solution of ammonium hydroxide are then gradually addedto the ferrous sulfate solution while heating on the steam bath. After adding all the ammonium hydroxide solution, the reaction mix- This application is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 371,456, filed December 23, 1940, in which I have described and claimed the final therapeutic products and the processes for obtaining the same. This application is also a continuation-in-part of my copending application, Serial No. 225,612, filed August 18, 1938, now, Pat. No. 2,301,532. The

invention is illustrated by the following examples. Example 1.Preparation of 0 nitro benzamide intermediate Two moles of histamine base are dissolved in hot dry chloroform and a solution of one mole of p-nitro benzoyl chloride dissolved in ether is stirred in. A heavy precipitate forms immediately which has a waxy appearance. The

, supernatant liquid layer isremoved from the precipitate and centrifuged to remove all insoluble material. The precipitate is dissolved in boiling water, filtered while hot from any material which fails to dissolve, and the filtrate cooled to give crystals of the'imidarolyl ethyl p-nitro benzamide. The crystals can be washed with acetone and ether and then dried at 110 C. They melt at 204 C. The compound prepared by this example can be represented by the formula,

I r a H An analysis of the crystalline product gives a the theoretical amount of nitrogen for a compound of this formula. V Emmple l-Prepamtion of an amino benzamide One-half gram of imidazolyl ethyl p-nitro in alkali. The product of this example is represented by the formula,

Example 3.-Preparation of diazo compound of imidazolyl ethyl p-amino benzamide The filtrate from Example 2 containing the imidazolyl ethyl p-amino benzamide is neutralized with hydrochloric acid and .1"l3 mgms. of sodium nitrite added while chilling the reaction mixturein an ice-salt mixture. The reaction mixture is acidified with 4.5 cc. of normal H121 and allowed to stand for about 20 minutes. It contains the diazotized imidazolyl ethyl p-amino benzamide.

Instead of using nitro benzoyl chloride, other nitro organic acid halides may be used to combine with the histamine to form an amide combination capable of reduction to give. a free amino group for p p ses of diazotization.

Example i Preparatio'n of chloracetyl histamine The essential reactionsof this examplemay' be represented as follows;

(1) CHgClCOOH -l- 8001: --e CHgClCOCl -HCl $0 N /NH 0 III.

' no==c-cn,onr-Nncocn,o

t it and (1) 9.4 g. dry monochloracetic acid are placed in a 125 cc. Claisen flask fitted with a thermomtiter and a condenser. leading to a flask connected to a Johnson water trap for absorbing HCl and S02. .Thionyl chloride is added (11.0 g. or 7.06 cc.) drop by drop with shaking over a hr. period. During the addition, the solution is heated on a water bath at fill-60. When all is added, the temperature is raised to 90 and the gases and excess 80012 are distilled off. The remaining liquid is cooled and filtered. It is chloracetyl chloride of boiling point 103 C.

(2) 500 mg. histamine are dissolved in 10 cc.

" hot chloroform and 1 cc. (1.5 g.) of chloracetyl chloride are added drop by; drop. The solution becomes cloudy and a gummy precipitate forms.

It is allowed to stand hr. and is then extracted with 10 cc. of water. The aqueous solution is evaporated to dryness and extracted with ether. The ether extract is dried in a desiccator until the gummy materialbecomes crystalline. The yield is 5'16 mg. of pure chloracetyl histamine analyzing approximately the theoretical percentage of nitrogen.

Example 5.Preparation of histamine isocyanate The chief reactions of this example may be represented as follows;

-(1) 222 mg. histamine are dissolved in 5 cc. 95% ethyl alcohol and 1 cc. chloroform and cc. alcoholic KOH are added. The solution is warmed hr. at 50. It is then evaporated on the steam bath until salts crystallize out. These are extracted with absolute alcohol and the extract evaporated nearly to dryness and chilled. A heavy oily material forms. This is dried to a solid substance over P205. Analysis shows almost the theoretical percentage of nitrogen for histamine isonitrile.

(2) The isonitrile is dissolved in 2 cc. H20 and 160 mg. of oxide of mercury are added. The suspension is heated at 110 for 20 minutes on an oil bath. It is cooled, filtered and the filtrate evaporated to dryness. The dry solid product is histamine isocyanate.

Example 6.Preparation of histamine isocyanate with phosgene Histamine isocyanate referred to in Example 5 may also be prepared according to the followin reaction.

The reaction for preparation of the histamine isocyanate 1s, v I

HC--- -C-CH:CH:-NH| cool,

5 N /NHI (phosgens) H-c=c'-omca,--N=c=o 22101 10 N NH (Histamine isocyanate) 500 mg. of histamine are dissolved in 15 cc.

of warm chloroform and 10 cc. of a phos-, gene solution in toluene are added. The mixture is heated for hour andthe chloroform and toluene distilled off. The solution remain- 'ing is cooled, filtered and the precipitate of hist- 20 amine isocyanate thereby obtained is dried.

Example 7.-Prepara'tz'on of Maw-benzidine dz'azonium chloride) -hz'stamine, i. e. 2-(4'-a2owenZyeme-4"-diazonium chloride) -histamine The essential transformations in this example may be illustrated as follows;

(1) 1 gram of benzidine is dissolved in 200 ml.

of concentrated hydrochloric acid and the mixture chilledto 0-5 0. Cold normal sodium blue color by the mixture. A solution of ,diaobenzidine chloride is thus obtained..;;.

(2) A quantity of 0.6 gram ofqhista slowly into the diazobenzidine chloride solution and the reaction mixture allowed to standfor 15 minutes. 250 m1. of a cold solution of 3 grams of sodium acetate dissolved in 500 ml. of water 00 and 20 ml. of normal potassium carbonate; solution are then added and the solution allowed to.

can be added while stirring in an ice bath and the reaction mixture allowed to stand hour. The blue-black precipitate which form is filtered ofi, washed, dried and analyzed for nitrogen content. It analyzes 21.6% nitrogen, approxinitrite solution is added to the chilled benzidine solution until starch iodide paper is turned. a

.. 7 solved in ml. of water ischilled and poured.

with 0.65 gram of a-naphthol. The a-naphthol mately the theoretical for 2-(azobenzidine azo-anaphthol) -histamine of the formula. CnHaONw.

Example 8.--Preparation 'oj imtdazolul ethyl isocyano acetamide The chemical transformations of this example may be represented as iollcws:

The chloracetyl histamine o! the first step may 30 be obtained as in Example 4.

The chloracetyl histamine is reacted with am-' monia, for example in the form of an excess of concentrated aqueous ammonium hydroxide so- HOHO (1) HC=.CCHaCHa-NHI -0 H-C l I (formaldehyde) N NH 1 it it Histamine p-Chloronltrubcnlcne (2) H""(f=? OHQCHI-N= CNI -o Formaldehyde histamine H: d) (3) HC-== C-CHzCHr-N=CN! l-imidazyl-p-nitrobc Eeample 9.Preparat on o] p-iS-(p-metlwlami- Methyl) -1-imidazyll benzene-diazonium chloride The chemical transiormations of this example may be represented as follows:

' L NO. y

(p-methyleno iminoethyD- nzene L s i0- 5- meth laminoeth l)-1- im dazyl-g-aminoben zene A ce ne-dmzoninm lution v The resulting amino acetamide derivative of histamine is extracted with a solvent, such as ether, and the solvent evaporated. The amino acetamide derivative is reacted with potassium hydroxide and chloroform and then with mercuric oxide in a manner analogous to that given for histamine in Example 5, or. with phosgene in a manner analogous to that given under Example 6. The resulting product is imidazolyl ethyl isometh laminoeth l)-1-imidazyl 851mm y chloride In the first step, the histamine can be dissolved mixture oi the formaldehyde histamine and pchloronitrobenzene, if necessary in the presence of a solvent. I

The S-(B-methylene iminoethyl) -l-imidazy1- p-nitrobenzene is separated in the usual manner from any solvent used and then taken up in alcohol and treated with hydrogen under pressure in the presence of a palladium catalyst for reduction of the nitro and the methyleneimino groups. The resulting 5-(p-methylaminoethyD-1-imidazyl-p-aminobenzene is filtered from the catalyst, the alcohol is evaporated oil and the solid product taken up in a solution of strong hydrochloric acid, cooled, and a solution of sodium nitrite added slowly while cooling until the diazotization is complete.

Example 10.-Preporation of p-ip- (5-imidaeul) ethylcarbamyll -benzyl halide The steps of this example are as follows;

CICOOCN I D P-Ifi-(B-imidasylkthylearbamylkbenzoic acid n-c===c-omcn,-NH-oo-O'-coci i i in (1) 400 mg. p-cyano benzoyl chloride are dissolved in 15 cc. dry CHCls. 868 mg. histamine in CHCh are added. A white precipitate forms immediately. This is taken up in 10 cc. methanol (hot) and filtered with 2 vols. of cold water. A

. white precipitate comes down. It is washed with ether and dried. The dry product is p-cyano benzoyl histamine or p-[p-(imidazyl) ethylcarbamyl] benzonitrile and melts at 1944.95. Its nitrogen content is 21.74% against a theoretical value of 21.87%. I

(2) 90 mg. of p-cyano benzoyl histamine are added to 5 cc. of potassium hydroxide on a steam bath and gradually dissolved. It is neutralized and evaporated to dryness with methanol, dissolved in pyridine and concentrated. The oily residue is dried over calcium chloride to a solid or melting point 60-65" C. It is p-[fl-(S-imidazyl) ethylcarbamyl] benzoic acid.

(3) The benzoic acid derivative of step 2 is mixed with an excess of thionyl chloride and allowed to stand for an hour or two, after which the unreacted thionyl chloride is distilled oil under reduced pressure. The residue is p- [p-(5- imidazyl) ethylcarbamyl] benzoyl chloride.

Example IL-Preparation of carbobenzoxu histidine and derivatives of the same The main reactions of this example are indicated by the following,

m H-( :=0-0H,0H-000H N NH NH:

CHeCHaO-CO-Cl NH NE a I c tom- 3 Carbobenzoxy histidine The first step of reaction with carbobenzoxy chloride yields the known compound, carbobenzoxy histidine, of melting point about 209 C. The latter compound is then converted in step 2 to its acid chloride by the usual method for converting a carboxylic acid to its acid chloride 7 by means of phosphorus pentachioride.

Example 12.Preparation of 5- (p-carbobenzomuamidoethul) -1-chloracetyl imidazole with a protein The transformations oi this example can be indicated as follows;

4 N ci-x :-0-cn.-

i awl n-c=== c-cmcnr-Nn-co-ocm /NH ci-co-crnci c 1 m) n-z z===c z-cmcnr-Nnoo-o rim-O N N-ccmc1 5-(p-carbobenzoxyamidoethyl)-l-chloracetyl imidazole In the first step the new compound, 5-(p-carbobenzoxyamid'oethyl) imidazole, melting at about 190 0., can be obtained by cooling at solution of histamine in dilute alkaline solution and stirring the carbobenzoxy chloride into the solution. After a few hours the solution is extracted with ether, the ether evaporated oil of the extract and the residue cooled to give a white crystalline product. The residue can be recrystallized from suitable solvents if desired.

In step 2 the chloraoetyl chloride is reacted with the dry 5-(p-carbobenzoxyamidoethyl) imidazole, for example in a manner analogous to that shown instep 2 of Example 4.

The transformations of this example may be illustrated as follows;

H-(?==CCH|CH1NH: NO]

N (ll-BOO i V I N n-z-gomomrm-sw-O Imus A M. 1. 180 0. I lull-to reduction NH, H E-==-E;OH;OH;NHS0

m-8uliunllyl histamine Dllloflllfl 0 (1 HO! 1 on (HN an N 01 H-C COH|CH|NHBO Dlazotized m-eulfenllyl histamine 110 grams of m-nitro benzene sulfochloride are dissolved in dry chloroform and 110 grams of histamine added slowly to the solution. The waxy precipitate which forms is filtered off and then dissolved in methyl alcohol. 'Ether is added to the methyl alcohol solution to reprecipitate the reaction product whichis filtered off. It is pure crystalline N-(m-nitrobenzene sulfonyl) histamine and is a new compound of melting point approximately. 180 C. l

35 grams of the N-(m-nitro benzene sulfonyl) histamine are suspended in about 800 or 900 cc. of water and the suspension added to 2000 cc. of

a hot solution of 172 grams of ferrous sulfate,

Example 14.- Prepamtion of diazotized 5(1- carbobenzory-imidazolyl) -pamin0benzamz'de The reactions of this example are represented schematically by the following,

lmidazolyl ethyl pamino benzamide Acctylate l (a. g. Acetic anhydrldo) n- :I;omom-Nn-c OONEC 0 cm s it 20.0 grams of imidazolyl ethyl p-amino benzamide, obtained for instance as described under Example 2, having a melting point of approximately 191 C., are dissolved in several hundred cc. of acetic anhydride and warmed for an hour. The reaction solution is cooled with ice and the crystals which separate are filtered oil and thoroughly dried. They melt at about 92 C. and are substantially pure imidazolyl ethyl p-acetamino benzamide.

The acetamino derivative is dissolved in water containing alkali sufficient to make the solution slightly alkaline. An excess of carbobenzoxy chloride is added to the solution while cooling and stirring the mixture. Sodium bicarbonate can be added at. intervals in order to keep the reaction mixture alkaline. The reaction liquid is allowed to stand for 2 hours and is "then evaporated and chilled. The white crystals which separate are filtered off and dried. They consist of 5-(1-carbobenzoxy imidazolyl) -p--acetamino benzamide, which is a new compound. melting at about 70 C. a

By careful partial saponification the acetyl group can be hydrolyzed off of the acetamido compound. The resulting 5-(l-carbobenzoxy imidazolyl) -p-amino-benzamide can be extracted with an organic solvent from the alkaline reaction solution and recovered, for example by evaporation of the solvent or concentrating and cooling. It is then diazotized by means; of nitrous acid in the same general way as described for the diazotization for the other amino compounds of the foregoing examples.

The products of the invention as hereinbefore set forth are intermediates which are of particular value for coupling with a protein in order to prepare products useful in preventing allergic symptoms as more fully set forth in my copend- 6 f 2,31o,4a4 ing application, Serial No. 371,458 of which this 3. A compound having the formula is a division.

What I claim as my invention is: Hc==c cm-cm-Nn-o OC N=N-A 1. A compound of the class consisting of compounds having the following formulae 5 R-N=O=0 g n-NncocHPN=0=0 where A represents the anion of a mineral acid.

4. A compound having the formula n-nncoOoon-n where Hal represents reactive halogen, A repre- 11 sents the anion of a mineral acid, and R. is 5 5. A compound having the formula nc-==c-cnr-cn,-Nncocrx,-N=

I HN\ 1 l, N

c a v H a v g 2. A compound having the formula 1 noun. a m 

